Lifetime Achievement Award

Sunday, 01 February 2015 21:28 | Written by Gary Slaunwhite | | |

ACCES has an award category called the ACCES Clinical Engineering Professional Lifetime Achievement Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize a Clinical Engineering Professional in the Atlantic Canada clinical engineering community who, through their outstanding commitment and dedication during their career, has made significant contributions to the advancement of our biomedical profession.

The recipient will be selected by the ACCES Board of Directors and the presentation of the award will be made, if possible, at the following ACCES Conference. Travel expenses, accommodations and conference fees will be provided to the award recipient for him/her to attend that conference as well. In addition, the recipient’s name will be put forward by ACCES as a candidate for the following CMBES National Award.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is not an annual award; rather it is a special recognition award to be granted to a recipient as deemed deserving by the ACCESS Board of Directors. Please note that a potential candidate for this award can also be nominated by a member of the Atlantic Canada Clinical Engineering Community. When a recipient has been chosen for this award it will be announced on this website and also communicated to the Atlantic Canada Clinical community. Click here to submit a nomination for this award.

Professional of the Year Award

Sunday, 01 February 2015 21:34 | Written by Gary Slaunwhite | | |

The ACCES Clinical Engineering Professional of the Year Award will be presented annually to a member of the Biomedical Community in Atlantic Canada.

Potential candidates for consideration should include Clinical and Biomedical Engineering Technologists, Technicians and Engineers employed in the Atlantic Canada clinical community who have been nominated by their peers. This award will be presented to the professional who has distinguished themselves in one or more of the following areas:

Scientific or technical abilities

Exceptional service and/or technical skills

Outstanding contributions to the improvement of health care technology

Special achievements/developments in clinical or biomedical engineering

Leadership, service and organizational skills that have contributed to the improvement of health care delivery in Atlantic Canada

Prominence in organizations concerned with biomedical engineering at the local and/or national level

Promotion of Clinical Engineering Profession

Must be actively engaged in clinical/ biomedical engineering technology in Atlantic Canada

Being a registered Technologist/Technician at the provincial level or a Professional Engineer in good standing with a provincial/national engineering society would be considered an asset

Additional Procedural Information:

The award consists of a certificate that will be presented to the successful candidate, if possible, at the annual ACCES Conference held in Atlantic Canada. Travel expenses, accommodations and conference fees will be provided to the recipient for him/her to attend the conference. Information on the award nomination process will be posted on the ACCES website in January of the current year and distributed to the biomedical community in Atlantic Canada. Applications will be available on the ACCES website only, although it is not required to be a member of ACCES in order to nominate a peer or to receive this award. When nominating a candidate please provide the name and contact information of their immediate manager/supervisor. Applications should be received by March 1st. It is at the discretion of the ACCES board to decide if any or all nominees meet the award criteria, and upon so, will select the successful candidate by March 31st. A peer can nominate only one potential candidate. Only one award will be presented annually. Click here to submit a nomination for this award.

2015 Award Recipients

Written by Natalie Boudreau | | |

On the evening of May 28th, during the awards ceremony for the 2015 ACCES Annual Educational Seminar and Trade Expo, a newly created ACCES Award was presented to two worthy recipients. Paul Auffrey and Jeremy Dann each received the ACCES Clinical Engineering Professional Lifetime Achievement Award for their outstanding commitment and dedication to the Clinical Engineering profession and community in Atlantic Canada.

2016 Award Recipients

Monday, 11 July 2016 20:13 | Written by Paul V. for Natalie C. | | |

On the evening of May 19th, during the awards ceremony for the 2016 ACCES Annual Educational Seminar and Trade Expo, two clinical engineering professionals were recognized for their hard work, commitment, and dedication to the clinical engineering profession: Robert Haché and Claude St-Laurent.

2017 Award Recipient

Thursday, 01 June 2017 14:46 | Written by Natalie Boudreau | | |

On the evening of May 18th, during the banquet dinner for the 2017 ACCES Annual Educational Seminar and Trade Expo, a clinical engineering professional from Atlantic Canada, Mark Ryan, was recognised as the ACCES 2017 Clinical Engineering Professional of the Year for having distinguished himself through his hard work, exceptional service, technical skills, and dedication to the clinical engineering profession.